Scott D. Hatch (Lobbyist, Capitol Management Initiatives)

Scott D. Hatch, is the founder and managing partner of Capitol Management Initiatives, LLC, a Washington D.C. lobbying firm. (Not to be confused with Scott D. Hatch, the lobbyist with Walker, Martin & Hatch and the son of Senator Orrin Hatch).

Working For DeLay
Hatch was the chief Floor Assistant in the Office of the Majority Whip, Tom DeLay, between 1995 and 1998. A biographical note states that he played a major role "in helping to pass major legislation, such as the Contract with America, the 1997 Balanced Budget Act and numerous appropriations bills."

In November 1998, Republic Congressman Tom Davis announced that Hatch had been appointed as the Executive Director of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC). The media release stated that prior to working as the chief floor assistant Hatch "headed up fundraising efforts in the business community under Rep. Bill Paxon at the NRCC. Hatch is known for his vote counting ability, his understanding of the Paxon-style vision for the NRCC and his close relationships with House Republican Members."

The following year Washington Post journalist Juliet Eilperin reported that although the NRCC was run by Representative Thomas M. Davis III (Va.), DeLay was the power behind the throne. When Davis had decided to run for the position, "DeLay supported him and 'loaned' Davis his chief floor assistant, Scott Hatch, to run his campaign." "We were able to defuse conservatives' concerns about Davis," Hatch told Halperin.

When Hatch had worked at the NRCC in 1994, the business donors program was raising $500,000 a year. "Teamed up with DeLay, Hatch made an aggressive effort to give K Street more of what it wanted from the party: "customer service." In less than a year, the business givers had anted up $1.4 million, Hatch said, and that was when Republicans were still in the minority. Today the program brings in more than $4 million a year," she wrote.

Earlier that year Hatch told Halperin that "DeLay Incorporated is one of the most savvy, aggressive political teams ever built, ... Members and donors respond to DeLay because he's a fighter, he's a man of principle," he said.

Working for Bono
Over the last five years, Scott has played a central role in Bono and DATA’s successful lobbying efforts to dramatically increase funding for U.S. foreign assistance programs that fight poverty and disease in Africa. Scott specializes in assisting clients with strategy development, policy positioning, building bipartisan relationships, and communicating the clients’ core message to targeted, senior policymakers in the Executive and Legislative branches.

Clients
As of June 2007 Lobbyist.info lists Hatch's clients as including:
 * Data Foundation
 * Nighthawk Radiology Services
 * Selex Sensors & Airborne Systems US, Inc

A current biographical note states that "over the last five years, Scott has played a central role in Bono and DATA’s successful lobbying efforts to dramatically increase funding for U.S. foreign assistance programs that fight poverty and disease in Africa." (DATA is the acronym for He currently runs a firm which represents DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade Africa), a nonprofit advocacy organization founded by the Bono, the lead singer of U2, and Bobby Shriver.)

His biographical note also that he also "represents several other clients, including Members of Congress, Fortune 500 companies and prominent foundations."